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Genetic Disease

What I Never Expected When I Adopted My Daughter

Jessica Fein | Posted 02.06.2013 | Parents
Read More: Genetic Disease, Daughters, Degenerative, MERRF Syndrome, Mothers and Daughters, Adoption, Parents-Moms, Mitochondria, Special Needs, Merrf, Parents News
Jessica Fein

When you have a daughter with a degenerative disease, you spend hours a week in waiting rooms when she should have been playing. You keep a visual record, taking approximately 752 pictures of the two of you -- smiling faces masking the anxiety and exhaustion, the time wasted.

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Boy Kicked Out For His Genetic Makeup Back In School

Posted 11.08.2012 | Home
Read More: Public Schools, Video, Genetic Disease, Jordan Middle School, Palo Alto, Colman Chadam, California Schools, Cystic Fibrosis, Banned From School, School Transfer, Home News

Colman Chadam has been allowed to return to his middle school after officials ordered him to transfer out because of his genetic makeup. The 11-yea...

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Boy Kicked Out Of School For His Genetic Makeup

Posted 12.18.2012 | Home
Read More: Public Schools, Video, Genetic Disease, Jordan Middle School, Palo Alto, Colman Chadam, California Schools, Cystic Fibrosis, Banned From School, School Transfer, Home News

Colman Chadam, an 11-year-old California boy, has been ordered to transfer from his current school to another one miles away because of his genetic ma...

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Gene Study Reveals Big Limitation Of DNA Mapping

AP | LAURAN NEERGAARD | Posted 04.02.2012 | Science
Read More: Dna, Video, Human Genome Mapping, Hereditary Disease, Gene, Gene Mapping, Genetic Disease, Dna Disease, Dna Map, Human Genome, Science News

WASHINGTON -- Gene scans for everyone? Not so fast. New research suggests that for the average person, decoding your own DNA may not turn out to be a ...

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Modern Miracles At Chanukah

Jerry Silverman | Posted 02.24.2012 | Religion
Read More: Community Service, Jewish Holidays, Miracles, Hanukkah, Chanukah, Hannukah, Volunteering, Judaism, Jewish, Jewish Culture, Chanukkah, Genetic-Disease, Volunteerism, Religion News
Jerry Silverman

During Chanukah, we recall the bravery of Jews centuries ago and the miracles that wrought their victory for freedom. Yet, you don't need to look to centuries past in order to celebrate miracles today.

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Men's Proneness To Disease (VIDEO)

Big Think | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Genetic Disease, 5min, Health, Causes of Disease, Disease Men, Genetics Disease, Men and Disease, Disease Causes, Men Illness, Healthy Living News

Marianne Legato, professor of Clinical Medicine at Columbia University, talks about how males are less likely to make it through the embryonic state a...

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